JACKSONVILLE WOMAN ONE OF MANY VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT AND ALSO SAYS IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE IF SHE HAD NOT CHECKED HER MAIL. RANDY TELLS US SHE STARTED GETTING LETTERS LAST FRIDAY WHICH THE LETTERS TOLD HER SHE WAS APPROVED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BEN FICHLTS HOWEVER SHE ACTUALLY WORKS 2 JOBS. SHE SAYS SHE NEVER APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. TODAY SHE SAT DOWN WITH CHANNEL 4 HEATHER DOWN WITH CHANNEL 4 HEATHER LEE. DID SHE CAUGHT UNEMPLOYMENT ABOUT THESE LETTERS? Reporter: SHE D.IT SAYS THAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK INTO THIS CLAIM BUT SALLY SAYS SHE'S STILL EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT HER CREDIT AND WANTED TO WARN OTHERS. BRADY SALLY LIVED IN THIS HOUSE FOR MORE THAN 6 YEARS. SO IMAM HER SURPRISE WHEN THE UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE SENT HER A LETTER TODAY CONFIRM AGO CHANGE OF ADDRESS. I EVEN GOOGLE MAP THIS ADDRESS AND SOME SOME HOUSE IN MIAMI. HAD A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING. Reporter: SALLY HAS BEEN PLANNING ON A MOVE BUT CERTAINLY NOT ACROSS THE STATE. SHE SAYS THE STRANGE LETTER BEGAN LAST FRIDAY WHEN SHE RECEIVED ONE FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES SAYING APPROVED FOUND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 275 DLERS A WEEK. SO WHEN I CALLED AND IT WAS ACTUAL UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND THEY SAID WE WITH YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER NUMBER YOUR EVERYTHING. FLAWED DEPARTMENT PUT AN ALERT OPEN THE CREDIT CARD STATEMENT BUT ONE DAY LATER SHE WE KNOW TO HER MAILBOX AGAIN TO FIND ANOTHER LETTER THIS TIME A DEBIT CARD WITH ACTIVATION INSTRUCTION. TODAY SHE CALLED THE OFFICE AGAIN AND TOLD HER TO SHRED EVERYTHING THEN A FALL KEN. SHE CALLED SAINT CONVENIENT SENT HR DEPARTMENT BACK AND SAID SHE'S NOT THE ONLY CURRENT EMPLOYEE TO HAVE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CLAIM FILED IN THEIR NAME. SHE'S WORRIED SOMEONE IS LEAKING PERSONAL INFORMATION. PEOPLE WOULD HE THIS IS REPORTER THIS IS REAL. THIS IS REAL RATE NOW SALLY SAYS IT'S JUST A WITNESSING GAME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

A Jacksonville woman said she's one of many victims in a recent unemployment scam, and things could have been a lot worse if she hadn't checked her mail.

Brandi Salley said she started receiving letters last Friday saying she was approved for unemployment benefits. But Salley has two jobs and said she never applied for unemployment.

Officials at the unemployment office told her they are investigating the claim, but she said she's still worried about her credit and wanted to warn others.

Salley has lived in her house for more than six years, so she was surprised when the unemployment office sent her a letter confirming a change of address.

“I even Google mapped this address, and it's just some house in Miami, two bedroom, one bath,” Salley said. “It had a picture of the house and everything. Clueless.”

Salley said she's been planning a move, but not halfway across the state, which is one reason why she called News4Jax.

She said the strange letters began last Friday, when she received one from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunities saying she was approved for unemployment assistance: $275 a week.

“It had my employer, St. Vincent’s, and UF Health on it, and how much I made, this whole quarterly statement, so it looked legit,” Salley said. “I said, 'I didn't apply for unemployment benefits,' and when I called it was the unemployment office and they said, 'Well, yes, someone filed a claim on July 15 with your Social Security number, your name, and everything.'”

She said the fraud department put an alert on her credit statement, but a day later, Salley went to her mailbox and found another letter. This time, a debit card with activation instructions. Monday, she called the Economic Opportunities office again, and they told her to shred everything.

Then she received a voice mail from St. Vincent's asking about an unemployment claim.

Salley said she returned the call from the Human Resources Department at St. Vincent's, and officials told her she isn't the only current St. Vincent's employee to have an unemployment benefit claim filed in their name. Salley is worried someone is leaking personal information, which is why she wanted to let others know what's going on.

“People need to know this is real,” Salley said. “She said some people have been getting letters and ignoring them. Don't ignore them; they're real.”

Salley said right now it's a waiting game to see what will happen, but she hopes things will be resolved.

News4Jax contacted St. Vincent's Health Care about the scam, but we haven't heard back yet.

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